111. From Teacher To Tech Founder: A Career Pivot into AI with Guest Brenda Brusegard

Career pivots rarely happen in a straight line.

In this episode of Her Next Chapters, Christina talks with Brenda Brusegard, founder of Informed Tech Solutions, about her unconventional career journey from middle school science teacher to international educator to tech and AI consultant helping business owners streamline their operations. 

Brenda spent more than 15 years in education, teaching in the U.S. and internationally in Ecuador, India, and Panama. Along the way, she discovered a love for technology, research, and problem-solving that eventually led her to start her own business helping entrepreneurs simplify their tech and automation systems using AI.

In this conversation, Brenda shares how small decisions and unexpected opportunities led to a major career shift, and why paying attention to what comes naturally to you can point toward your next chapter.

Christina and Brenda also tackle a topic that many career returners and career changers feel intimidated by: artificial intelligence. If AI feels overwhelming or unfamiliar, this episode offers a practical and encouraging starting point.

You’ll hear about:

• How following small “breadcrumbs” can lead to meaningful career pivots
• Why networking and real conversations still matter in a tech-driven world
• Simple ways to start using AI in everyday life and work
• How AI can help with tasks like planning, research, and productivity
• Why AI should do about 80% of the work, with humans responsible for the final 20%

Connect with Brenda:
LinkedIn: Brenda Brusegard
Website: informedtech.io
AI Course: Build Your Dream Team

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Transcript

Welcome And Show Purpose

Christina Kohl 0:03

Hi, and welcome to Her Next Chapters Podcast. I'm your host, Christina Kohl. I'm a mom three and soon to be an empty nester. I'm also a certified HR Pro who restarted my career after being a stay-at-home mom for over a decade. I created this podcast to connect with moms who have an empty nest on the horizon and are wanting to redefine their identity outside of motherhood, which might include a job search. On this show, we'll have raw conversations about our ever changing role as moms. We'll hear from women who restarted their careers and share tips for a job search after a career break. So if that's you, you're in the right place, friend. Let's get started.

Meet Brenda And Her Mission

Christina Kohl 0:49

Hi everyone, and welcome to this week's episode of Her Next Chapters. I am excited to share that we have a guest with us today. Brenda Bruzegard is joining us. She is the founder of Informed Tech Solutions, where she helps small business owners scale using AI and automation. After 15 years in education, she now helps entrepreneurs streamline their operations and eliminate the chaos of disconnected tech platforms. Brenda's mission is simple. Make technology work for you, not against you. No jargon, no overwhelm, just real results. Brenda, welcome to the show.

Speaker 1 1:26

Thank you so much for having me here. It's great to be here.

College Choices And Early Teaching

Christina Kohl 1:30

Well, if we can start off, because I love to talk to people about their career pivots. So many of us fall into a career for whatever reason. And we feel kind of trapped, maybe after we, you know, hit midlife, hit our stride. It's like, you know, this isn't really all that I thought it would be. And you've had some interesting pivots in your career. So I'd love to start there and then of course talk about the tech and the AI and how you're serving people today. So if we could go back in time, um how like let's take us back to like your choice in college, even like, you know, going to school, what where that led you, where that's led you in your career path.

Speaker 1 2:08

So um I'm originally from Minnesota, from the Minneapolis uh suburban area. And my mother told me that I couldn't go more than four hours away for university. Um, because my parents said they would help me pay for part of college, a small portion. And so that was very motivating to stay nearby Minneapolis. Um, so I went to uh a university called St. Cloud State University, which is about an hour away, um, which my dad went there, my brother went there, so it was kind of like also a family connection. Yeah. Um, and I decided I wanted to be an elementary school teacher. I I grew up always playing school. I loved teaching, I loved helping other people. Um, and so I just thought that that would be a great fit. And originally I thought I would um specialize in social studies because I really love social studies. But I showed up to meet with my advisor and he said, You can't pick social studies. I was like, What? What do you mean I can't pick social studies as my middle school focus? And he said, Well, everybody that um is a social studies teacher, they love history, and there's too many social studies teachers and not enough jobs. So he said, Pick something else. I said, Okay, I guess I don't know, maybe science could be fun. I didn't have very good experience growing up um with science classes, but I thought I'll give it a whirl. So I started going through university and realized actually I love science. I love research, I love experiments, I love all of it. So at that point, I ended up going into teaching middle school science, and I never actually taught elementary because I got two licenses. Um, so I started out teaching elementary, but also on top of I mean teaching middle school, but on top of that, when I graduated, it was uh the the job market had like totally crashed. No teachers were retiring, there were no teaching jobs at the time. So I had to work. Um, I had to get a job serving at a restaurant in a hotel. And I worked at the the Hilton in downtown Minneapolis for six years. I kept the job while I got my first teaching jobs because um I didn't make very much money as a teacher, especially as a new teacher, recently graduated. Um and after about four years of working two full-time jobs, I realized like I'm done with this. Like I don't I just want to work one job. And unfortunately at the time, I I um I wasn't making enough money to just do that in the US. So I started looking at other options. And I had loved travel. I studied abroad in Australia twice during college, um, had done some backpacking trips through Europe by myself for two months, things like that during the summer. And there's this world of international school teaching that I had kind of heard about, but I didn't really know about. And I ended up taking a leap and going to a job fair in Iowa, and I ended up accepting a job. First, I just went to the job fair open, like I don't have to accept anything. Um, let's just see where the settles.

Christina Kohl 5:36

Were you still living in Minneapolis at this time?

Speaker 1 5:39

Yeah.

Christina Kohl 5:40

Okay. So you went went to out of state working two jobs.

Speaker 1 5:44

And I I I was just like I said, I was done with that. Um the US at the time, like for me, I was so busy, and it's a very busy kind of culture. It's normal to be busy in the US. You're going here, you're going there. Um and I was kind of ready to switch it up. So I ended up taking a job in Ecuador and I was there for four years in Quito, Ecuador. And after there, I went to India and I lived in Mumbai, India for six years. And now I currently live in Panama. And throughout this teaching, this period of teaching in international schools, I started as a middle school science teacher. I completed my master's degree in library because I love technology and research. So it seemed like a good fit. A lot of people get into

Taking The Leap Abroad

Speaker 1 6:40

library because they love books, like former English teachers. People just love reading, which is another reason to get into it. But I was into it for research and helping people find information. Um, and so I was a librarian for eight years in international schools. And then um recent, well, I guess it's not that recent anymore. 18 months ago, I moved to Panama. Um, my husband is still working in international schools and he got a job here in Panama. But at that point, I decided um that I wanted to switch out of schools and take a break from it. So we can kind of dive into that.

Christina Kohl 7:17

Yeah, yeah. A couple of things to unpack. So do you I'm sure you're aware of the irony I'm seeing screaming at me, that you the the boundaries that your parents set for you were like four hours away. And you're like, okay, fine, I'll do that. And now I'm going to Ecuador and I'm going to Mumbai and I'm going to Panama and and traveling. I I'd loved it. We this wasn't part of our plan, but um for you and I to talk about, but studying abroad, I think, is really interesting. And then the the backpacking across Europe, was that during college as well, your summers?

Speaker 1 7:54

I did backpacking um after after college. So once I had my teaching job, I also worked at this restaurant, but I took time off from there. I was able to, thankfully. They, you know, summer is a slow period at that particular restaurant.

Christina Kohl 8:12

So and then and you that would those are solo trips. And then my question, when you went to that job fair and you you got your first international assignment, was that also solo, or were you married at that point in time?

Speaker 1 8:26

So this is also kind of an interesting story. I feel like, you know, the life just has this like way of things just sort of happen and you just sort of kind of go with it and see where it leads you. So uh the summer before I went to this job fair, I did a different backpacking trip. And I was in Central America backpacking from Panama City to Guatemala City. It was a four-week trip. While I was in Costa Rica, staying at a at a hostel. Um, you know, people, if you've ever gone backpacking, maybe not everybody has, um, at night, if you're especially if you're single, like what are you gonna do? You there's usually like an area to congregate and like talk to other travelers that are there and get tips and like, oh, where have you been and just meet new people? So I met a person um that was a teacher in Texas, and he's like, Yeah, I've always wanted to do international teaching, but I'm like worried about it. And I and I said the same thing. I was like, Oh my gosh, me too. And there's this job fair in Iowa, like you should come and to fly Minneapolis and I'll drive us there. And he was like, Okay. I did not think anything of it. Like I added the guy on Facebook, didn't think anything of it, but in November he messaged me and he said, Hey, Brenda, um, I just booked my flight to Minneapolis and I signed up for the job fair. I was like, Oh, I had not talked to him since July. Since the summer, okay. And I was like, Oh, like, okay, this is like I'm being pushed to do this, clearly. Um, so I was like, Okay, I guess I'm signing up for the job fair. And then uh in January, because it was in February, the fair, he sends me a message and he goes, How many job interviews do you have? And I was like, What? Like he's like, Yeah, I already applied to all the schools that I want to work at and I have interviews lined up. And then I was like, Oh, this was another nudge to me. Like, like I realized, oh man, I should be like applying. And at this point, I still wasn't even convinced that I was gonna do it. It was just like, I want to be open to it, see what happens. If something feels like a good fit, then I will go for it. So I applied to some schools, I had some interviews, and um I ended up signing on with this school in Ecuador, and actually he messaged me and said he had signed on with a school in Saudi Arabia before the job fair, but he still c wanted to come and meet them in person. He had already bought the flight, so he was still coming, and I was like, okay, so we both ended up signing with schools before the job fair. I went to Ecuador and he went to Saudi Arabia.

Christina Kohl 11:08

Okay. Wow, okay. And I'm assuming that the person you're talking about is now your husband. No, oh, not at all. Okay, okay. I thought you were telling me like, oh, and then Oh no, sorry.

Speaker 1 11:21

In terms of like a partner, um, so after I signed on with Ecuador that summer, I needed to like sell everything and get rid of all my stuff. I ended up matching with my now husband on a dating app. And I was kind of like, well, it'll be fun to meet. I love meeting new people. I, you know, whatever. He seemed like a cool guy. So we met up, and this was two weeks before I moved away, and we just like totally hit it off. And then he was like, Okay, like, do you want to be my girlfriend? I'm like, I've been knowing you for two weeks. I'm moving for two years. Like, what are you talking about? Um, and I was like, let's just see where it goes. And so we stayed in touch and you know, with long distance and it got easier with Skype and the video calls that we could have. So um the next year he got a job at my school because he was also a teacher, and uh the rest is history. Now we're we're married and we have a child together.

Christina Kohl 12:23

Okay, awesome. I I was I think I was I thought you were telling me the origin story of your of your um marriage, but it was just the origin story of of you how I actually got pushed to take the leap. Right, because you probably wouldn't have done it if that other you know teacher hadn't like, hey, I booked my flight. You're like, oh shoot, okay, I guess I have to follow through on this. Yeah. Um okay, wonderful. So all those little what I what I love on this is the little tiny action items, just speaking it out loud. I think you know, I think it'd be kind of cool to teach internationally, and how that just kind of kept building. Um, and you followed those breadcrumbs, if you will, and you followed those leads and and you've had this beautiful life doing all kinds of fun things, living around the world. So, okay, so you taught science middle school, then you started, you switched to the library because because of the tech, like the technology and researching and all of that. And and I know my kids' schools, the libraries, that's definitely where the tech is taught is you know how to how to do these calls were on and and all of that. Um I mean in iPads when my youngest, he's 20 now, when he was in kindergarten, maybe first grade, he was working on an iPad. Um so yeah, then and the the librarian would come in and help get that all set up for everybody. So I I see that natural fit. And he said that not too long ago you've you've kind of branched off away from from the traditional K through 12 education. You're still educating, but in a different way. So let's go ahead and pivot and and talk about um that transition and what you're doing now.

Speaker 1 14:02

Sure.

Pregnancy Career Shock And Recovery

Speaker 1 14:03

So at my previous school, um I was building this library program that was not really there at the school before I started, and I was super passionate about making sure that everybody um knew how to do research and find information. And I I built a whole program and it was a lot of work. And there happened to be two campuses of this particular school. And um when I got pregnant with my son, when I was about eight months pregnant, I was called into the head of school's office, and this was in India. In India, your job is protected, so you um you have six months paid maternity leave with your protected job. So I mean that was amazing. Yeah. But I was called into the the head of school's office and um like a month before I was due, and he told me that while I was gonna keep a job, it wouldn't be the same job. And my heart absolutely like sank. It it was one of the lowest points of my career because I had spent four years building this library program, and the changes were amazing. And to have this like pulled out from underneath me because I was pregnant and gonna be leaving for six months. Um he he's he wanted to transfer me to the other school, but it just made me feel so like disposable and replaceable and still felt like it was being taken away from you.

Christina Kohl 15:49

You're you're you created something out of nothing, it was amazing, and you were excited to continue to grow it and they put the brakes on and because you're an employee, right? So you don't have full autonomy by any means. And okay, we're gonna switch you over to here. And that just it didn't sit right with you. I I can tell by your face. So what how what were the next steps? Like so that conversation happened, you're eight months pregnant. What what happened next?

Speaker 1 16:17

So I needed to finish my contract there, which um I was another two years. Thankfully, um things got moved around, but I was in turmoil for a long period of time with the unknown of like where I was gonna land, and it turned out that I did end up keeping my job. I did go back to that that same school in the same job. Um, but it wasn't without, I would say, kind of like a battle. And it didn't feel good the whole time. I hated it, but I was happy to like keep my job.

Christina Kohl 16:54

Yeah.

Speaker 1 16:55

Um, but I had so I finished out another year and a half after the maternity leave. And um my husband got a job in Panama. And at that time I was like, when he was looking to we were looking to move countries when he was looking for jobs, I said, you apply for a job. If there's no library job, like it's okay, I'll I'll figure something out. And um so we got to Panama and

Leaving Schools And Starting A Business

Speaker 1 17:24

I thought that I would start consulting in schools around AI in education because it's something I'm really passionate about. And but what I realized is that schools are really complicated. I mean, I worked in schools for years, and they're really bureaucratic. Um, there's not a lot of funding, and PD, unfortunately, is oftentimes not very effective.

Christina Kohl 17:52

Um professional development. Yeah, sorry. Like, cool, I guess. Right. Teacher language. I know we have all of these acronyms. And just to to put this a timestamp on this, this would have been in like summer of 24 that you guys moved to Panama.

Speaker 1 18:08

Exactly.

Christina Kohl 18:08

Okay, so AI was like blooming.

Speaker 1 18:12

It's a big topic, you know, and uh it still is. It's gonna be a big topic in education for a long time. Um, because change takes a long time. I don't that's a whole nother topic that we don't need to like get into. Um but during this period of time, I started helping friends and family with their tech questions, and um I was really enjoying the work and I love problem solving. So I would talk to different friends and family, they'd be saying they'd be telling me it's some struggle they're having at work with tech, or just a struggle in general, and I would figure out how to solve it with a technology solution, and I was just loving it. And so eventually that's how the idea came about that I could help business owners with their tech stress.

Christina Kohl 19:06

Okay. So you took something that you were naturally good at, and again, following those breadcrumbs, if you will, that like, oh, that was really fun. I helped someone solve that problem with with my tech skills and realizing there could be a market for this, right? There could be other people I could I could support and serve using something that you enjoy and having that full autonomy that you don't have as an employee. So how how did it grow from there? This you're you're in a new country, you're getting to know new people. Um, how have you grown your business in the last year and a half, I guess?

Speaker 1 19:43

So um pretty much through referrals, through people that know me. Um, and I also have been joining uh networking groups. So there's a networking group here in Panama. There's actually a couple different ones that I've attended, and that's been super helpful. And I'm I also still regularly travel back to Minnesota and I attend local networking events when I go there. I'm in some AI groups as well. And really just especially with AI being everywhere, it feels like connecting with real people and having conversations. I love that.

Christina Kohl 20:30

Yeah, yeah. I think that's great advice. Your example for someone who is either pivoting careers or, you know, trying to figure out what's next for their career chapter, um, whether that's they've been on a long career pause, they've been laid off, or they're just ready for something new, is to go in person, go to events and be talking to people, figure out what your natural gifts are, things that come easy for you. And a lot of times, and I love that you recognize it in yourself, because a lot of times our strengths, they come easy for us, and we don't necessarily recognize them as strengths in ourselves. Well, everybody can do that. It's easy. It's like, well, no, not everybody can do it, and it's not easy for everyone, it's just easy for you. And so finding that for yourself, I think, is a really um a great exercise to go through to get that clarity of what's next. And then being in person and talking to people, um, going to different networking events and you're very purposeful about that in in whatever setting you're in. And I think that would be also great advice for someone who's wanting to test out the waters doing something new. Um, so tell us, let's if we can pivot a little bit in our conversation and talk about AI.

AI Without The Intimidation

Christina Kohl 21:39

Because I know a lot of the women that I work with that are restarting their careers, they've been on a pause or they're pivoting. There's this, I don't want to say anxiety, I don't know if that's the right word, but it's the unknown. It's like how I don't know AI or or this job posting wants me to be familiar with these tools. And and like I had one woman like they want To know Slack. I'm like, oh, you'll learn Slack in about two minutes. It's can you text? Awesome. There's not much more to it than that. I mean, it's there's a little more, but it's just like there's this intimidation factor of new technology. There's someone I was meeting with last week. I gave a presentation and she's like, these job postings, they have all these. I'm finishing my master's degree, but they have all these other sort of certifications, and so I'm getting all these certifications too. I'm like, stop. You're enough. And whatever you need to learn, it's, you know, you don't have to be 100% of the job requirements. You don't have to meet those, like aim for 75-80% of the job requirements so you have room to grow. And they're going to develop you in the tools that you actually need. So I wonder if you could talk us through a little bit about AI and maybe help ease that intimidation factor. Um, because once you use it, it's it's a tool. It's really cool and exciting. But if you haven't gone into it, it could be overwhelming to even try. So I'm gonna that's a very broad introduction for you. So let's speak to wherever that leads you to like how to speaking to someone who is not familiar, not comfortable or confident using AI.

Speaker 1 23:21

So what I would suggest is to just try to use it in little ways, like in your daily life. Um, asking different qu like the most basic use would be to use it like a Google search where you can type in like a full question. That would be the most basic level of using AI. As time goes on and you interact with it more. So one thing you'll notice is that the AI wants to keep you talking to it. So it usually always ends with a question. Yes. Would you like to do that? Do you want me to do this? Do you want me to do this? Yeah. And you'll start to see the types of things that it can do, and you'll start learning about it by just using it and trying it. And you can't really screw it up. So that's really cool because um like with iPads and apps and all of that, people get really nervous about using that kind of they used to get you nervous about using that kind of stuff because they could break it or something, or they wouldn't know how to exit, but the AI is pretty easy to start with. And over time, it's just like any skill. You you practice and you get better. The more you use it, the more you'll understand it. You'll understand how um to write better what they call prompts, is which is what you write in the box. Because the more information and context you can put into your prompt, the better the result. Because I like to think of um AI as a the ultimate multitasker that can do sort of a little bit of everything. And if you know doing a little bit of everything means that you don't do anything very well, like you know, very deep. So you really have to kind of train it, and that's a whole nother thing. Um, in the way that you want responses, the way you want it to talk. Um, because my AI and how I have it set up is gonna be totally different than how your AI is gonna be set up.

Christina Kohl 25:42

Yeah, that's an interesting um observation. And I I'm just thinking of examples like for myself.

Practical AI Uses And The 80 20 Rule

Christina Kohl 25:48

We went, my family and I went on a trip to London this past spring, and I gave the AI a prompt um that we're traveling to London, we're gonna be staying in this area, we want to do these types of things. Here's our the ages of my kids. What can you recommend an itinerary? And uh it was like I was blown away. I'm like, wow, this is amazing. And it even gave me restaurant recommendations. You know, if you want something casual, do this for lunch. If you want something more formal, do this for dinner or whatever. So that was like just I I know just a little tip of the iceberg of what's available. Um and even then, I was able to refine it. Like, you know, are there any concerts, you know, going on when we're there? Are there any plays, you know, the theater going on when we're there? Please build that into the hypothetical schedule. Um, so that was really helpful. Do you have other ideas or tips on how people could use AI in a practical manner like that?

Speaker 1 26:51

Uh meal planning and recipes is like a really easy win. So um you could say a few ingredients that you have in your fridge. You could take a photo of your fridge and a shelf in your pantry and say, what are some recipe ideas that I can make with this food? Then you don't even have to go grocery shopping. Um, I would so far I have made a few AI recipes and they've turned out, but I've heard from some other people that they haven't turned out. So mixed reviews on the actual recipes if you haven't trained it on a specific person or recipe guide or whatnot. Right.

Christina Kohl 27:31

And I think that's in general with AI, like you know, it even says sometimes, you know, this is we can make mistakes. I forget the right wording, but it says it like at the bottom of the chat, like we're imperfect check it. And I saw someone in the context of her resume, she posted on LinkedIn, she goes, I lied on my resume and I had to own it because the AI added a skill that she didn't have that was on the job posting, but she didn't review it enough to catch it. And so that was the resume she submitted, and here she is in an interview. Oh, tell us about this skill. And she's like, Oh, I don't have that skill. So that's just one example of like making sure, yes, use it as a tool, but make sure that you are using your human brain, whether it's for a recipe or a trip or your resume or whatever, to make sure that you are putting that through critical thinking to make sure that it's reflecting what you actually need it to reflect.

Speaker 1 28:27

I like to say that it does about 80% of the heavy lifting, but the last 20% you still need to read and verify and um, but it does the heavy lifting, which is super helpful.

Christina Kohl 28:44

Yeah, I like that. I hadn't heard that number before, but I I would agree probably with the way that I use it. It's probably that 80-20. Um, and you can't over I don't want to overstate or I don't can't you can't understate the importance of that 20% um of putting that human lens in touch on whatever the product is.

Speaker 1 29:03

And as um a former educator, and you know, there's a lot of fear around AI and is it making people lazy? Are people losing critical thinking skills? And if you're using it in a lazy way, it will make you lazy. But if you're using it and still, you know, thinking about the information and thinking about how could I make this better? Or I I think it can actually supercharge the critical thinking. Like you have to be even more aware than you used to be.

Christina Kohl 29:37

Yeah, if that makes sense. Yeah. Tell us more about AI. I know you're developing a course. Um, so if you can talk a bit more about that, particularly if someone is interested in learning more and brushing up their skills, not even brushing up, because that's in developing their skills because it's so new. Um, tell us what the plan is for the AI course that you're developing.

Speaker 1 29:59

Sure.

Building Your AI Dream Team

Speaker 1 30:00

So after working with, you know, business owners as well as um just professionals, everybody feels like they need to know more about AI, but they don't know where to go. And so I have decided to make a course about creating your AI dream team. And so by the end of the course, you will have made the goal is for assistants that can help you with different tasks. Whether that's, you know, you you can even make a home assistant for remembering things around your house. And there's so many different ways that you could make assistance and use them on a daily basis to really streamline every aspect of your life. It's super exciting, and I'm really passionate about it. I love making assistance and helping people do that. Um, and there's a lot of confusion around the difference between, you know, just using an AI, using an assistant, what is an AI agent? I'm gonna put all that to rest. And by the end of the course, you'll really understand how to leverage AI and supercharge.

Christina Kohl 31:13

Okay. So for for my brain, I'm translating, I use I have chat GPT more than the other AI tools. I do use a multitude, but a G I think it's called a GPT, is would that be this the same thing as an assistant? So it's programmed, um I don't even know how, programmed on the back end to help guide you through whatever contents.

Speaker 1 31:40

Um and there's there's a couple of different um, so there's of course ChatGPT, then you have Claude, then you have Gemini and Co-Pilot. So each one of those they're different names, but they each one of those you can create assistance within. And the whole fantastic part about making an assistant is that it's trained to do a specific task on repeat, the exact way that you want it done, with like whatever knowledge you want to give it, and it will just do it the right way every time. It's like training an intern, you know, or you know, training training a house assistant, you know, how you like things done. Right. That's exciting. I need that class.

Christina Kohl 32:28

I mean, I think that's how we got introduced because we have someone in common in our network. I'm like, I really want to learn how to build a DPT because there's things that I that I do that are automated that my pro I have a process, one step one, step two, step three, step four, but I'm having to repeat that process over and over versus have an assistant follow that process. Um, so if people like me or others, people that are listening, like, okay, I need this information, I really want this information, how do they connect with you?

Speaker 1 33:02

Um, so you can find me on LinkedIn. That's a great place. I also post nuggets there quite frequently. Um, just different AI tips. And then also my website, I have a wait list right now for the course. Um, so you can go ahead and register for that, and then you'll get an email update um when it's ready to go.

Christina Kohl 33:24

Okay. Perfect. Well, I'm excited to um to delve into the world of AI assistance because I can like I said, I feel like I use it a lot now, but it's I'm I'm hanging out in the chats. Or I'm using somebody else's assistant that they've created and like, oh, this is good. Um, so I'm excited for that opportunity. And Brenda, thank you so much for coming on the show and sharing your your international journey. Um, and I love that you are still teaching, right? You're still using your the way that it's all kind of come together that you're using your love of technology, your love of research, and your teaching background and history and skills to create a new curriculum. That's that's uh just a beautiful story. So thank you for coming and sharing it.

Speaker 1 34:10

Thank you for having me. It's been great.

Christina Kohl 34:12

Yeah. And then is there anything that we haven't talked about that we feel like you feel like we might have missed, or did we do you think we captured it all?

Speaker 1 34:21

Um, I want to just say one last

Remote Work And Living Internationally

Speaker 1 34:24

thing. I know that I uh got into this international life because I was working in schools abroad, but now with um so many online jobs and you know, consulting or just working remotely in general, that living an international life is possible and it and it might be something you want to explore because um it's it's I've really enjoyed it and be open to it if it's calling to you. Oh, that's a really good nugget.

Christina Kohl 34:58

I love that. Thank

How To Connect And Final Thanks

Christina Kohl 35:00

you. And again, thanks for being on the show, and everyone, that's it for this week's episode. A huge thank you to Brenda Brusegaard for joining us and sharing her incredible journey from the classroom to helping entrepreneurs harness the power of AI and automation in their businesses. If you'd like to connect with Brenda or learn more about her work at Informed Tech Solutions, you can find her on LinkedIn or visit her website at informedtech.io. Both links are in the show notes. Until next time, thanks for listening. Thank you so much for listening today. I hope this episode hit home for you. And if you haven't already, be sure to connect with me on LinkedIn and say hello by the first and thank you for listening. Until next time, remember your story is linked to your appearance. Until next time,